YogiTriathlete Podcast

YogiTriathlete Podcast

Hosted by: Jess & BJ Gumkowski

YogiTriathlete and its co-founders, Jess and BJ, are waking up and shaking up the world of endurance sports. Their approach is anything but mainstream and they are known to go deep. Buckle up because jumping on this...

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Kyla Maher on Getting Sober and Giving Up All the Things for an Adventure of Service

Kyla had all the things. Successful yoga studio, steady following, online clothing company, a boyfriend, and she was on the verge of purchasing a condo until a profound directive from within interrupted it all. As it...
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Nick Isabella on Fitness for Life, Photography and Dropping the Safety Net

Hot off a killer workout, today we bring you, Nick Isabella. Nick is a Lifestyle and Fitness Photographer that actually, does a lot of fitness. He is an Ironman triathlete, course record holder ultrarunner and...
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Kristin Mayer, The Beautiful and Badass Founder of Betty Designs LIVE from Canyon

Kristin Mayer started her morning on a seemingly ordinary Monday utterly unaware that her life was about to change forever. Married for over a decade, she knew it wasn't perfect, but she was in it for the long haul,...
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Magda Boulet on Sports Nutrition, Longevity and Rising Up from her Biggest Disappointment

Following an in-depth production tour at GU Energy, BJ and I met with Magda Boulet to record this episode in her office. Magda is Vice President of Innovation, Research, and Development at GU and it all started many...
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Skip Brand, Lake Sonoma 50 Race Director LIVE from Healdsburg Running Company

Episode 158 coming to you live from Healdsburg Running Company. I love everything about this episode, the environment, Skip's energy and the subject matter which is basically, enjoy what you do in this...
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Ironman Santa Rosa, SCAR Swim Smackdown with BJ and Mary

Today we recap two very different races from two very driven athletes. Mary Knott, YTP veteran, is two weeks out from the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day endurance swim totaling over 40-miles, while Coach BJ is less than...
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Tu Tran, Wattie Ink. Team Manager on Doing the Work for the Sake of the Work

Tu Tran carried the flag during the 13.1-mile run at Ironman Oceanside in honor of Lance Corporal Abe Simpson. At the finish line, he handed the flag off to Simpson's mother Maria to aid in her journey of celebrating...
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Devon Yanko: Trail, Mountain, Ultra and Road Runner on a Life Without Labels

"The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried" - Stephen McCranie This was the quote that began Devon's Instagram post this morning following her 2:42 performance on Sunday at the London...
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Mendocino Coast Ultra Smackdown with Team YogiTriathlete

This past weekend we had four Team YogiTriathlete athletes run the Mendocino 50k. Each one finished, each one set a PR on the course and each one had very different training based on race schedules, experience and...
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YiOu Wang, Professional Ultrarunner from Biotech to Running the World

It all starts with the first step and for YiOu Wang that was a search on the internet for how to run a marathon. She set her sights on running the Boston Marathon after spectating what she describes as "the most...
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Joe Gambles, Professional Triathlete & Coach on Undoing Damage, Eating Vegan & Longevity in Sport

No matter how many times we race a specific distance or show up at a specific race, we will never be able to remove the unknown of race day. The only thing we can really do is to prepare our bodies and minds to...
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Tom Voss the Meditating Vet on Walking 2,700 Miles and Healing Moral Injury

Moral InjuryThe damage done to one's conscience or moral compass when that personĀ perpetuates, witnesses, or fails to prevent acts that transgress their own moral and ethical values and conducts of code. In 2004,...
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